It's English Time!

    A good teacher needs to provides some teaching media for helping us to explain some lessons or materials interestingly. Some students will be bored if the teacher just does traditional teaching such as chalk and talk which can  reduce student's interest in learning. Provides some unique and colorful teaching media is the best choice for some teachers. How can? That because students love color and uniqueness that can directly  seize their attention. Using comix can be a good solution for teacher who wants to create some teaching media for teaching and learning process.     There are some ways of creating wonderful comix. Here is the link to make a comix through an online platform, PIXTON!  Go click here!  You can choose some characters, background, etc. that appears on the platform (free).      The picture below is one example of a comic that created through Pixton :) I Hope it will be useful for you!

    According to  RIDE (Rhode Island Department of Education) ,  Curriculum is a standards-based sequence of planned experiences where students practice and achieve proficiency in content and applied learning skills. Curriculum is the central guide for all educators as to what is essential for teaching and learning so that every student has access to rigorous academic experiences. The structure, organization, and considerations in a curriculum are created in order to enhance student learning and facilitate instruction. Curriculum must include the necessary goals, methods, materials, and assessments to effectively support instruction and learning.        The picture above means that the curriculum in Indonesia has been changed many times. My groups will focus on explain more about the differences between KTSP (Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan) and K13 (Kurikulum 2013). You can watch  this video !

    According to  this link ,   The  Hot Potatoes  suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering, and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is freeware, and you may use it for any purpose or project you like. It is not open-source. The Java version provides all the features found in the windows version 6, except that you can't export a SCORM object from Java Hot Potatoes.     These are some applications, that you can use for practice! 1.  JCLOZE  uses for creating gap-fill exercises. 2.  JCROSS  uses for creating crossword puzzle exercises. 3.  JMATCH  uses for creating 'matching or ordering' exercises. 4.  JMIX  uses for creating jumbled-sentence exercises. 5.  JQUIZ   uses for creating multiple-choice exercises.      Here is the  lesson plan to guide you on ho...

         According to  Omniglot.com ,  Writing is a method of representing language in visual or tactile form. Writing systems use sets of symbols to represent the sounds of speech, and may also have symbols for such things as punctuation and numerals.      Google is a search engine that mostly uses by people around this world. There are some apps that appear in it such as Google Meet, Classroom, Translate, Calendar, Drive, Docs, etc. Each app has a different function. The main benefit of them is to help someone doing something in their everyday life easier. One feature that I want to share with you all is Google Docs. (especially who loves to do a discussion or collaboration).      Google Docs is used for writing which has some advantages such as: 1. Used for collaboration writing     Google docs can be used for writing or typing together easily. there is a 'message' feature that can facilitate the writers in ...

     According to the  Cambridge Dictionary , Mind Map is a type of diagram (= simple plan) with lines and circles for organizing information so that it is easier to use or remember. While according to  Dictionary.com , Mind Map is trademark a diagrammatic method of representing ideas, with related concepts arranged around a core concept. From both definitions above, we can know that Mind Map is something that can be used for sharing some information by representing ideas. Mind Map identic with brainstorming also note-taking.      Mind Map is often used for teaching and learning processes because it helps students and teachers to teach or learn something dealing with the materials in the class. Not only that, using Mind Map will attract students' interest while learning something. It is because of Mind Map is simple and colorful.      In this digital era, most people prefer to use online sites to do something they want. On...

    Presenting Information sometimes can make some people get confused because it is quite difficult. There are some ways  that can make it easier for us to convey some information that we want to share. Using Timeline is one of the ways to help us presenting some information. Why? It is because of Timeline is simple, we just need to write some important points which can help the reader to understand what information we want to share, easily. A timeline can help us to get someone's interest because we do not need to explain too long about something that we want to present.     There is some free application that you can use for creating a timeline. One of them is Tiki-Toki! Here are the ways to start creating a timeline in Tiki-Toki:     Go  click here  and you will directly go on the platform. You can also directly login if you already have an account. But i f you do not have an account, you can sign up for free, there.   Here is someth...

    Some students described English as a complicated subject. It is because some materials in it are somewhat difficult to understand. One of the complicated material is grammar. Most of the students sometimes get bored when learning English, that could be another reason why they faced some difficulties while learning English. Therefore, we as a teacher  must provide some interesting learning media to increase students interest.           Presented English using animation can be the solution for some teachers to get their students interest. Nowadays, there is some free online animation software for teaching, one of them is Animaker.  Click here to create an Animaker video!      That animation software can be accessed free so that you can use it easily. Why I recommend 'Animaker'? Because there are some advantages that can you found while using Animaker. Wanna know? Let's see some advantages of 'Animaker' bellow  Free ...

Foto oleh  August de Richelieu  dari  Pexels     Technology is something that often uses by some people around this world. Most people agree that technology can save their lives from adversity. Without technology, they believe that this world will be empty. Technology also can help someone to get some information which is hard to reach. So, that's why most people around this world use technology for their daily activities, such as working, studying, teaching and learning processes, etc.          Nowadays, technology is widely used in the teaching and learning process. Using technology in education can improve the students' interest in learning. It is because sometimes, students feel bored with the traditional learning process such as chalk and talk teaching. Other than that, the use of technology in the teaching and learning process is to  facilitate teachers in teaching. There are some advantages of using technology in the teaching...